Monthly Archives: July 2012

I’m tired. So very tired of people running around and pretending to live the metal lifestyle. Of people flashing the horns in public and acting like they are rebels because they listen to Motley Crue. Of Hollywood stars that use the stereotypes of metal to forward their own badass reputation.

My one chance a month to rant, rave, and bitch about everything metal. This column always gets me the most email, so keep em’ coming: 1. This month saw new music from KISS (Hell or Hallelujah) from their new album Monster dropping in October; and we heard a new single from Motley Crue (SEX).

Hails metalheads! My name is Fang VonWrathenstein, vocalist for the unsigned band Lords of the Trident (http://www.LordsOfTheTrident.com). Every month or so, I’ll be handing out my sage advice to other unsigned bands on how to take their band from the garage to the next level.

We were overwhelmed by the response of our fans to vocalists they wanted in this tournament. We were scared people wouldn’t get the meaning of passion or “not being main stream.” But you knew exactly what we meant. People sent us lists of vocalists from all regions of the world.

This time last year we introduced you to a hardcore doom outfit out of New Zealand called Beastwars. I’m very happy to report that the self-titled album we looked at is getting worldwide release on September 11th.

Let’s get the quotable out of the way first off: “if you’re a metal head and interview junkie like me; Tales From the Stage is a romp through a metal music orgasm!” Strong words? Maybe. Truth? Definitely.

A few weeks back we did a Top Ten List about Pop Songs that should be metal and the response was huge. Readers really got into the idea and gave us some other songs that could have been on the list and a lot just dropped us a note to say they found it...

This is for everyone out there that has been bitching about the streams that aren’t metal! By the way, since when is Testament not metal. Anyway, I believe in some diversity so I’m giving you one of my favorite tracks from 2010.